EP2794406A1 - Processing method and unit for automatically opening a hinged-lid slide-open package of tobacco articles - Google Patents
Processing method and unit for automatically opening a hinged-lid slide-open package of tobacco articlesInfo
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- EP2794406A1 EP2794406A1 EP12826555.0A EP12826555A EP2794406A1 EP 2794406 A1 EP2794406 A1 EP 2794406A1 EP 12826555 A EP12826555 A EP 12826555A EP 2794406 A1 EP2794406 A1 EP 2794406A1
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- Prior art keywords
- lid
- inner container
- outer container
- package
- container
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
- B65B19/00—Packaging rod-shaped or tubular articles susceptible to damage by abrasion or pressure, e.g. cigarettes, cigars, macaroni, spaghetti, drinking straws or welding electrodes
- B65B19/28—Control devices for cigarette or cigar packaging machines
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
- B65B61/00—Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
- B65B19/00—Packaging rod-shaped or tubular articles susceptible to damage by abrasion or pressure, e.g. cigarettes, cigars, macaroni, spaghetti, drinking straws or welding electrodes
- B65B19/02—Packaging cigarettes
- B65B19/12—Inserting the cigarettes, or wrapped groups thereof, into preformed containers
- B65B19/18—Inserting the cigarettes, or wrapped groups thereof, into preformed containers into drawer-and-shell type boxes or cartons
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
- B65B19/00—Packaging rod-shaped or tubular articles susceptible to damage by abrasion or pressure, e.g. cigarettes, cigars, macaroni, spaghetti, drinking straws or welding electrodes
- B65B19/02—Packaging cigarettes
- B65B19/12—Inserting the cigarettes, or wrapped groups thereof, into preformed containers
- B65B19/20—Inserting the cigarettes, or wrapped groups thereof, into preformed containers into boxes with hinged lids
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
- B65B19/00—Packaging rod-shaped or tubular articles susceptible to damage by abrasion or pressure, e.g. cigarettes, cigars, macaroni, spaghetti, drinking straws or welding electrodes
- B65B19/02—Packaging cigarettes
- B65B19/22—Wrapping the cigarettes; Packaging the cigarettes in containers formed by folding wrapping material around formers
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
- B65B57/00—Automatic control, checking, warning, or safety devices
- B65B57/02—Automatic control, checking, warning, or safety devices responsive to absence, presence, abnormal feed, or misplacement of binding or wrapping material, containers, or packages
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
- B65D5/00—Rigid or semi-rigid containers of polygonal cross-section, e.g. boxes, cartons or trays, formed by folding or erecting one or more blanks made of paper
- B65D5/38—Drawer-and-shell type containers
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
- B65D85/00—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials
- B65D85/07—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for compressible or flexible articles
- B65D85/08—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for compressible or flexible articles rod-shaped or tubular
- B65D85/10—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for compressible or flexible articles rod-shaped or tubular for cigarettes
- B65D85/1036—Containers formed by erecting a rigid or semi-rigid blank
- B65D85/1045—Containers formed by erecting a rigid or semi-rigid blank having a cap-like lid hinged to an edge
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
- B65B2230/00—Aspects of the final package
- B65B2230/04—Cigarette packages having a hinged lid
Definitions
- the present invention relates to a processing method and unit for automatically opening a hinged- lid slide-open package of tobacco articles.
- Rigid, hinged-lid packets of cigarettes are currently the most widely marketed, by being easy to produce and easy and practical to use, and by effectively protecting the cigarettes inside.
- a rigid, slide-open packet of cigarettes comprises an inner container, which houses a foil-wrapped group of cigarettes and is housed inside an outer container to slide, with respect to the outer container, between a closed configuration, in which the inner container is inserted inside the outer container, and an open configuration, in which the inner container is partly extracted from the outer container.
- a rigid, hinged-lid, slide-open packet of cigarettes has also been proposed in which the outer container has a hinged lid, which rotates between a closed position and an open position closing and opening an open top end of the outer container.
- the outer container lid has a connecting tab connected at one end to the lid, and at the other end to the inner container, to ⁇ automatically' rotate the lid (i.e. without the user having to touch the lid) as the inner container slides with respect to the outer container.
- Some embodiments of rigid, hinged-lid, slide-open packets of cigarettes have proved difficult to open the first time (i.e. the first time the inner container is slid out with respect to the outer container to rotate the lid into the open position) , even to the extent of giving the user the impression the packet is somehow defective.
- the reason for this difficulty lies in the packing material the packet is made from initially resisting deformation along the hinge lines. That is, locally, the packing material is still substantially whole, and is only weakened locally (the mechanical bonds within the material are only broken or at any rate relaxed) when the packet is opened the first time.
- a processing method and unit for automatically opening a hinged-lid, slide-open package of tobacco articles as claimed in the accompanying Claims.
- Figure 1 shows a front view in perspective of a rigid, hinged-lid, slide-open packet of cigarettes, in accordance with the present invention and in a closed configuration
- Figure 2 shows a front view in perspective of the Figure 1 packet of cigarettes in an open configuration
- Figure 3 shows a top plan view of the Figure 1 packet of cigarettes in an open configuration
- Figure 4 shows a front view in perspective of an outer container of the Figure 1 packet of cigarettes
- Figure 5 shows a front view in perspective of an inner container of the Figure 1 packet of cigarettes without the group of cigarettes and with a connecting tab; , -
- Figure 6 shows a plan view of a blank from which to form an inner container of the Figure 1 packet of cigarettes
- Figure 7 shows a plan view of a blank from which to form an outer container of the Figure 1 packet of cigarettes ;
- Figure 8 shows a schematic in perspective of a packing machine for producing the Figure 1 packet of cigarettes
- Figure 9 shows a schematic in perspective of a processing unit of the Figure 8 packing machine, for first-time opening the Figure 1 packet of cigarettes;
- Figures 10-13 show four schematics of the operating sequence of the Figure 9 processing unit;
- Figure 14 shows a schematic front view of a different embodiment of the Figure 9 processing unit;
- Figure 15 shows a schematic in perspective of the Figure 9 processing unit for first-time- opening a different type of rigid, hinged-lid, slide-open packet of cigarettes.
- Number 1 in Figures 1 and 2 indicates as a whole a rigid, slide-open packet of cigarettes, which opens in a translatory (linear) movement.
- the Figure 1 packet 1 of cigarettes comprises a wrapped, i.e. foil-wrapped group 2 of cigarettes (shown in Figure 2) .
- Packet 1 of cigarettes also comprises a rigid inner container 3 actually containing the wrapped group 2 of cigarettes; and a rigid outer container 4, which houses inner container 3 to allow inner container 3 to slide in a translatory movement, with respect to outer container 4, between a closed configuration ( Figure 1) , in which inner container 3 is inserted fully inside outer container 4, and an open configuration (Figure 2) , in which inner container 3 is partly extracted from outer container 4 to allow access to wrapped group 2 of cigarettes.
- inner container 3 is parallelepiped- shaped, and comprises a bottom wall 5; an open top end 6 opposite bottom wall 5; a front wall 7 and rear wall 8 opposite and parallel to each other; and two parallel lateral walls 9 interposed between walls 7 and 8.
- outer container 4 has an open top end 10; and a cup- shaped lid 11 hinged to outer container 4 along a hinge 12 to rotate, with respect to outer container 4, between an open position ( Figures 2, 3 and 4) and a closed position ( Figure 1) respectively opening and closing open top end 10 of outer container 4 and, at the same time, also open top end 6 of inner container 3.
- Outer container 4 is parallelepiped- shaped, and comprises a bottom wall 13 opposite open top end 10; a front wall 14 and rear wall 15 opposite and parallel to each other; and two parallel lateral walls 16 interposed between walls 14 and 15.
- Lid 11 is cup- shaped, and comprises a top wall 17 which closes open top end 10 of outer container 4 when the lid is closed; a front wall 18; and two lateral walls 19.
- Top wall 17 of lid 11 is 'flat' (i.e. is formed from one cardboard panel or a number of compacted cardboard panels, and is therefore solid)
- walls 18 and 19 of lid 11 are 'bo ' walls (i.e. are formed from two spaced cardboard panels and are therefore hollow) with a triangular cross section.
- walls 18 and 19 of lid 11 fit inside open top end 10 of outer container 4 , so top wall 17 of lid 11 is flush with the top edges of walls 14, 15 and 16 or outer container 4.
- rear wall 8 of inner container 3 is connected to top wall 17 of lid 11 by a connecting tab 20 to rotate lid 11 ⁇ automatically' (i.e. without the user having to touch lid 11) as inner container 3 slides with respect to outer container 4.
- connecting tab 20 connecting top wall 17 of lid 11 mechanically to rear wall 8 of inner container 3, inner container 3, as it slides with respect to outer container 4 from the closed to the open configuration, pushes lid 11 from the closed to the open position ⁇ automatically' (i.e. without the user having to touch lid 11) ; and similarly, as inner container 3 slides with respect to outer container 4 from the open to the closed configuration, lid 11 is pushed by inner container 3 from the open to the closed position ⁇ automatically' (i.e.
- connecting tab 20 is connected seamlessly to lid 11, and is glued to rear wall 8 of inner container 3.
- front wall 14 of outer container 4 has a through window 21 allowing access to underlying front wall 7 of inner container 3 facing front wall 14 of outer container 4, to exert thrust on inner container 3 to move it between the closed and open configurations.
- the user holds outer container 4 with one hand and, with the thumb of the same hand, pushes on front wall 7 of inner container 3 through window 21 in front wall 14 of outer container 4, to exert thrust on inner container 3 and slide it with respect to outer container 4.
- Containers 3 and 4 of the Figure 1-5 packet 1 of cigarettes are formed from corresponding blanks 22 and 23 as shown in Figures 6 and 7.
- each blank 22, 23 comprises a number of parts, which are indicated, where possible, using the same reference numbers, with superscripts, as for the corresponding walls of respective container 3, 4.
- FIG 8 shows a schematic of a cigarette packing machine 24 for producing packets 1 of cigarettes.
- Packing machine 24 comprises, in succession, a packing unit 25 for forming wrapped groups 2 of cigarettes; a packing unit 26 for forming inner containers 3 by folding blanks 22 about corresponding wrapped groups 2 of cigarettes; a packing unit 27 for forming outer containers 4 (and so completing packets 1 of cigarettes) by folding blanks 23 about corresponding inner containers 3; and, finally, a processing unit 28, which receives packets 1 of cigarettes from packing unit 27 and, as explained in detail below, opens (i.e. slides inner container 3 for the first time with respect to outer container 4, to extract inner container 3 and so rotate lid 11 into- the open position) and closes each packet 1 of cigarettes.
- Processing unit 28 opens and closes each packet 1 of cigarettes to weaken the packing material (i.e. to break or at any rate relax some of the mechanical bonds within the material) along the hinge lines, so packet 1 of cigarettes is easier to open the next time by the end user (who no longer has to overcome the resistance of the packing material along the hinge lines) .
- processing unit 28 comprises a belt conveyor 29, which has pockets 30 for housing and successively feeding packets 1 of cigarettes along a straight work path P extending between an input station IS and output station OS of processing unit 28.
- Belt conveyor 29 feeds packets 1 of cigarettes in steps along work path P, and cyclically stops each packet 1 of cigarettes at a work station S located along work path P and comprising an actuating device 31 for opening and closing each packet 1 of cigarettes.
- Actuating device 31 comprises a front actuator 32, which rests on front wall 7 of inner container 3 (through window 21 in front wall 14 of outer container 4) ; and a top actuator 33, which rests on top wall 17 of lid 11 of outer container 4.
- Actuator 32 is movable in two perpendicular directions, i.e. is movable both perpendicular to and parallel to front wall 7 of inner container 3 , and comprises a suction head 34 ( Figures 10-13), which can be activated/deactivated to ensure sufficient grip between the base of actuator 32 and front wall 7 of inner container 3.
- suction head 34 As an alternative to suction head 34, sufficient grip between the base of actuator 32 and front wall 7 of inner container 3 may be achieved by mechanical friction; in which case, the base of actuator 32 is ⁇ rough' to increase the friction coefficient, and actuator 32 is pressed with a given force onto front wall 7 of inner container 3.
- Actuator 33 rotates about an axis of rotation coaxial (i.e. coincident) with hinge 12 of lid 11 of outer container 4, and comprises a suction head 35 ( Figures 10-13) , which can be activated/deactivated to ensure sufficient grip between the base of actuator 33 and top wall 17 of lid 11 of outer container 4.
- actuators 32 and 33 are positioned clear of packet 1 of cigarettes to allow it to move along work path P.
- actuators 32 and 33 are moved in to respectively contact front wall 7 of inner container 3 (through window 21 in front wall 14 of outer container 4) and top wall 17 of lid 11 of outer container 4. More specifically, actuator 32 moves perpendicularly into contact with front wall 7 of inner container 3, and actuator 33 rotates about its axis of rotation (coaxial with hinge 12 of lid 11 of outer container 4) into contact with top wall 17 of lid 11 of outer container .
- actuators 32 and 33 are positioned respectively contacting front wall 7 of inner container 3 and top wall 17 of lid 11 of outer container 4 (as shown in Figure 11) , suction is activated through corresponding suction heads 34 and 35 to connect suction heads 34 and 35 mechanically (by suction) to front wall 7 of inner container 3 and to top wall 17 of lid 11 of outer container 4 respectively.
- actuators 32 and 33 are moved together and coordinatedly (as shown in Figure 12) to open packet 1 of cigarettes (i.e. to slide inner container 3 with respect to outer container 4, to partly extract inner container 3 and rotate lid 11 into the open position). More specifically, actuator 32 (pushing on front wall 7 of inner container 3) is moved parallel to front wall 7 of inner container 3 to push inner container 3 axially out of outer container 4; while actuator 33 is rotated about its axis of rotation (coaxial with hinge 12 of lid 11 of outer container 4) to rotate lid 11 of outer container 4. It is important to note that, lid 11 of outer , container 4 being connected mechanically to inner container 3 by connecting tab 20, actuators 32 and 33 must operate coordinatedly (i.e. translation of actuator 32 must correspond at all times to rotation of actuator 33 according to the transmission ratio defined by the mechanics of connecting tab 20) to avoid deformation and/or tearing of packet 1 of cigarettes.
- actuators 32 and 33 are inverted to perform the above movements in reverse and so close packet 1 of cigarettes.
- suction through suction heads 34 and 35 is cut off, and actuators 32 and 33 are returned to their original positions in Figure 10 to allow packet 1 of cigarettes to move along work path P (i.e. to allow packet 1 of cigarettes to leave work station WS, and allow the next packet 1 of cigarettes to move into work station WS) .
- pocket 30 also provides for ' clamping (retaining) outer container 4 mechanically, to prevent outer container 4 from moving axially, i.e. in the extraction direction of inner container 3.
- outer container 4 can thrust be exerted on inner container 3 by actuators 32 and 33 to slide inner container 3 with respect to outer container 4 (i.e. extract inner container 3 from outer container 4 to open packet 1 of cigarettes) .
- Outer container 4 may be clamped mechanically by pocket 30 by mechanical and/or pneumatic action. Mechanical action is preferably performed by two lateral walls 37 of pocket 30, which are brought closer together to ⁇ grip' outer container 4 (i.e.
- lateral walls 37 of pocket 30 press against lateral walls 16 of outer container 4 to grip outer container 4) .
- lateral walls 37 are fitted in rotary manner to conveyor 29, and are rotated, for example, by a cam system which exploits the movement of conveyor 29.
- Pneumatic action is preferably performed by the bottom wall 38 of pocket 30, which has suction holes by which to retain rear wall 15 of outer container 4.
- Work station WS has an optical control device 36 (typically a CCD television camera) located in front of lid 11 of outer container 4 to acquire images of the lid region. When lid 11 is opened by actuators 32 and 33, optical control device 36 acquires control images as shown in Figure 3.
- optical control device 36 typically a CCD television camera
- a succession of ⁇ parallel -operating' work stations WS may be provided along conveyor 29, so conveyor 29 can be stopped longer (to allow actuators 32 and 33 more time to operate, and so reduce the stress on packets 1 of cigarettes) without penalizing the output rate of conveyor 29, i.e. the production speed of packing machine 24.
- conveyor 29 is a wheel which rotates about a central axis of rotation 39 and supports peripheral pockets 30, so work path P is circular.
- actuating device 31 (comprising actuators 32 and 33) is stationary with respect to conveyor 29, and pockets 30 are fed successively one at a time through work station WS equipped with actuating device 31.
- the Figure 14 embodiment has a number of actuating devices 31, each fitted permanently to a respective pocket 30, and therefore to conveyor 29, to move along circular work path P together with pocket 30.
- the operating time available to each actuating device 31 therefore equals the time taken for respective pocket 30 to travel from input station IS (where packet 1 of cigarettes is fed into pocket 30) to output station OS (where packet 1 of cigarettes is expelled from pocket 30) .
- conveyor 29 may even rotate continuously (i.e. without stopping) about axis of rotation 39.
- each pocket 30 may have its own optical control device 36 fitted to conveyor 29, or one shared stationary optical control device 36 may be located in front of conveyor 29 to successively check packets 1 of cigarettes in all of pockets 30.
- packet 1 of cigarettes may be closed by a stationary folding edge 40 (shown by way of a non-limiting example in Figure 14) located alongside conveyor 29.
- Stationary folding edge 40 pushes lid 11 of outer container 4 (and therefore also inner container 3 connected mechanically by connecting tab 20 to lid 11 of outer container 4) into the closed position (to close packet 1 of cigarettes) as packet 1 of cigarettes, fed along work path P by conveyor 29, moves with respect to stationary folding edge 40.
- a stationary folding edge 41 located alongside conveyor 29 may push lid 11 of outer container 4 into the fully-open position together with or in lieu of actuators 32 and 33.
- a first part of the opening movement of packet 1 of cigarettes is performed by actuators 32 and 33 acting simultaneously and synchronously on top wall 17 of lid 11 of outer container 4 and on front wall 7 of inner container 3
- the final part of the opening movement of packet 1 of cigarettes is performed by stationary folding edge 41 (on its own or together with actuators 32 and 33) pushing solely on lid 11 of outer container 4 (when stationary folding edge 41 intervenes, the packing material has already been weakened by actuators 32 and 33) .
- FIG. 1-14 embodiments first-open a packet 1 of cigarettes in which lid 11 is hinged along hinge 12 to outer container 4, and inner container 3 has no lid. It is important to note that the above processing method also applies to other types of hinged- lid, slide-open packets 1 of cigarettes.
- Figure 15 shows processing unit 28 as it first-opens a packet 1 of cigarettes in which outer container 4 has no lid, and inner container 3 has lid 11 hinged along hinge 12 to rear wall 8 of inner container 3.
- the Figure 15 packet 1 of cigarettes also differs as to the position of window 21, which is formed through a lateral wall 16 of outer container 4 to access an underlying lateral wall 9 of inner container 3.
- actuator 33 in addition to rotating about an axis of rotation coaxial (i.e. coincident) with hinge 12 of lid 11 of inner container 3, actuator 33 also translates together with inner container 3; which means actuator 33 must be capable of rotating and translating, as opposed to simply rotating.
- the processing method described has numerous advantages.
- the processing method described provides for first-opening packets 1 of cigarettes efficiently, effectively, and, more importantly, without rough- handling (and so possibly ruining) them.
- the processing method described is highly reliable, by ensuring successful operation at all times.
- packet 1 of cigarettes being opened by a coordinated combination of thrust on inner container 3 by actuator 32 pushing on front wall 7 (or lateral wall 9) of inner container 3, and pull on lid 11 by actuator 33.
- the combined action of both actuators 32 and 33 provides for distributing mechanical stress over the whole of packet 1 of cigarettes (as opposed to concentrating stress in a limited area of it) , thus preventing damage to packet 1 of cigarettes and ensuring the success of the operation.
- first-opening packets 1 of cigarettes not only serves to weaken the packing material to make the packet easier to open later, but also permits optical quality control underneath lid 11 to ensure a high quality standard of the finished packets 1 of cigarettes.
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